Rosamond Wolff Purcell (born 1942) is an American photographer. [1] Purcell is known for her photographic works that explore subjects in natural history, [2] science, and biology. [3] [4]
She was the subject of the 2016 documentary film An Art That Nature Makes: The Work of Rosamond Purcell by Molly Bernstein. [2] [5] [6] Her work is included in the permanent collections of: Art Institute of Chicago, [7] the National Gallery of Canada., [1] Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), [8] the Philadelphia Museum of Art, [9] the National Academy of Science, and the Victoria and Albert [10] in London.
Rosamond Purcell: Nature Stands Aside, the first retrospective exhibition of the artist’s work, was presented by the Addison Gallery of American Art in Andover, Massachusetts, during September through December 2022. [11]